Nagarhole National Park
2020 JUL 4
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Environment and Ecology > Protected Area Networks > National parks
IN NEWS:
- A rare black panther has been photographed in the Kabini region of Karnataka’s Nagarhole Tiger Reserve.
ABOUT NAGARHOLE NATIONAL PARK:
- Nagarhole National Park is a national park located in Kodagu district and Mysore district in Karnataka, India.
- It is one of India's premier Tiger Reserves along with the adjoining Bandipur Tiger Reserve and Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary.
- This park was declared the thirty seventh Project Tiger, Tiger reserves of India in 1999.
- It is part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve along with Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Bandipur National Park, Mukuri National Park, Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary and Silent Valley.
- The Nilgiri Sub-Cluster is a part of the Western Ghats, which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2012
- The park has rich forest cover, small streams, hills, valleys and waterfalls. The park has a healthy predator-prey ratio, with many tigers, Gaur, elephants, Indian leopards, and deer (Chital, Sambar, etc.).
PRELIMS QUESTION:
Q. Nagarhole National Park is located in:
- Gujarat
- Karnataka
- Bihar
- Uttarakhand
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